Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I have a supplementary question for the Prime Minister. Given that Nauru has signed the refugee convention and Malaysia has not, why is the Prime Minister persisting with a policy that has been rejected by the High Court—and many in her own party—and which offends every principle that she has ever espoused? Further, why didn't the Prime Minister talk to the President of Nauru, when she sat next to him last week, about re-opening the Nauru detention centre that is the one proven success in the fight to stop the boats?

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